setdateyear - script and chart function

This function returns a timestamp based on the input timestamp but with the year replaced with year.

Syntax:  

setdateyear (timestamp, year)

Arguments:  

Examples and results:

These examples use the date format DD/MM/YYYY. The date format is specified in the SET DateFormat statement at the top of your data load script. Change the format in the examples to suit your requirements.

Example	Result
setdateyear ('29/10/2005', 2013)	Returns '29/102013
setdateyear ('29/10/2005 04:26', 20013)	Returns '29//10/20013 04:26' To see the time part of the timestamp in a visualization, you must set the number formatting to Date and choose a value for Formatting that display time values.
Add the example script to your app and run it. Then add, at least, the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your app to see the result. SetYear: Load *, SetDateYear(testdates, 2013) as NewYear Inline [ testdates 1/11/2012 10/12/2012 1/5/2013 2/1/2013 19/5/2013 15/9/2013 11/12/2013 2/3/2014 14/5/2014 13/6/2014 7/7/2014 4/8/2014 ];	The resulting table contains the original dates and a column in which the year has be set to 2013. testdates NewYear 1/11/2012 1//11/2013 10/12/2012 10/12/2013 2/1/2012 2/1/2013 1/5/2013 1/5/2013 19/5/2013 19/5/2013 15/9/2013 15/9/2013 11/12/2013 11/12/2013 2/3/2014 2/3/2013 14/5/2014 14/5/2013 13/6/2014 13/6/2013 7/7/2014 7/7/2013 4/8/2014 4/8/2013